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Carpodacus erythrinus (Common Rosefinch)

Synonyms: Erythrina erythrina; Loxia erythrina (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The common rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus) or scarlet rosefinch is the most widespread and common rosefinch of Asia and Europe.
View Wikipedia Record: Carpodacus erythrinus

Infraspecies

Carpodacus erythrinus erythrinus
Carpodacus erythrinus ferghanensis
Carpodacus erythrinus grebnitskii
Carpodacus erythrinus kubanensis
Carpodacus erythrinus roseatus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
21
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.31297
EDGE Score: 2.11782
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  23 grams
Birth Weight [1]  2.25 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Nectarivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  10 %
Diet - Nectar [2]  10 %
Diet - Plants [2]  30 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  30 %
Forages - Understory [2]  50 %
Forages - Ground [2]  50 %
Clutch Size [6]  5
Clutches / Year [5]  1
Fledging [3]  16 days
Incubation [5]  11 days
Mating Display [7]  Ground and non-acrobatic aerial display
Mating System [7]  Monogamy (mostly)
Maximum Longevity [4]  9 years
Migration [8]  Intercontinental
Wing Span [5]  10 inches (.26 m)
Female Maturity [4]  1 year
Male Maturity [4]  1 year

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

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Biodiversity Hotspots

Prey / Diet

Carissa congesta (Conkerberry)[9]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Passer domesticus (House Sparrow)1
Pycnonotus barbatus (Common Bulbul)1
Pycnonotus cafer (Red-vented Bulbul)1
Streptopelia decaocto (Eurasian Collared-Dove)1
Sylvia atricapilla (Eurasian Blackcap)1

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Storchová, Lenka; Hořák, David (2018), Data from: Life-history characteristics of European birds, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.n6k3n
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 4de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 5British Trust for Ornithology
♦ 6Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 7Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 8Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 9Frugivory and seed dispersal of Carissa spinarum (L.) in a tropical deciduous forest of central India, R. M. MISHRA & PUSHPLATA GUPTA, Tropical Ecology 46(2): 151–156, 2005
♦ 10International Flea Database
♦ 11Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0